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Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe / Ian Armit.
Penn Museum Library GN575 .A76 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Armit, Ian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Headhunters--Europe.
- Headhunters.
- Human body--Symbolic aspects--Europe.
- Human body.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Europe.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Rites and ceremonies--Europe.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Violence--Europe.
- Violence.
- Iron age--Europe.
- Iron age.
- Human body--Symbolic aspects.
- Europe.
- Europe--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Europe--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- "This book examines the widespread evidence for the removal, curation, and display of the human head in Iron Age Europe"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Detached fragments of humanity; 2. A remarkable spiritual continuity?; 3. Shamans on the march; 4. Pillars, heads, and corn; 5. Neither this world, nor the next; 6. From the dead to the living; 7. Gods and monsters; 8. Bodies of belief.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521877565
- 0521877563
- OCLC:
- 747947266
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